by Board Retailers Association | Jun 16, 2020 | Industry, News, Statistics
Please click on the following link to view this relevant Shop Eat Surf Article: U.S. Retail Sales Rebound More Than Expected in May Be sure to visit the Shop Eat Surf website to view valuable Industry News and Resourceful Articles regularly via this link: Shop Eat Surf If you are not yet a BRA Retail Member, you can easily opt in to either Regular (no cost) or Distinguished ($99/yr.) Membership via this super simple join...
by Board Retailers Association | Jun 10, 2020 | Associate Members, Industry, News, Resources, Statistics
Please click on the following link to view this relevant Shop Eat Surf Article from BRA Supporting Vendor Partner Action Watch: Core Store Sales Better than Expected in May Be sure to visit the Shop Eat Surf website to view valuable Industry News and Resourceful Articles regularly via this link: Shop Eat Surf If you are not yet a BRA Retail Member, you can easily opt in to either Regular (no cost) or Distinguished ($99/yr.) Membership via this super simple join...
by Board Retailers Association | May 13, 2020 | Associate Members, Corona Virus, Industry, Resources, Statistics
Thanks to Action Watch for supporting BRA as a Supporting Vendor Partner and for providing the following intel directly to our organization. The following survey results represent the status for independent surf and skate specialty retailers during the first week of May 2020. All respondents participated anonymously, and the data has been aggregated to reflect: • Emergency Funding• Current Store Status• Business Health Thanks again to Action Watch for supporting BRA as Supporting Vendor Partner and for providing this intel directly to our organization. As a reminder, BRA Distinguished Retail Members benefit from our relationship with Action Watch by receiving quarterly reports upon request. The data in the reports are from the ActionWatch Retail Panel, which is made up of over 250 U.S. surf and skate retail stores. These are made available to you as a benefit to BRA Distinguished Retail members so that you can compare your store against other similar stores (shop names and other confidential info is not shown). If you are a BRA Regular Retailer and would like to receive links to quarterly Action Watch Data reports as well as a number of additional special offerings and discounts by upgrading your Membership to Distinguished, simply email doug@boardretailers.org and he will email you an invoice for the $99.00 Annual Membership Fee. If you are not yet a BRA Retail Member, you can opt in to either Regular (no cost) or Distinguished ($99/yr.) Membership via the link to the super simple join...
by Board Retailers Association | Apr 22, 2020 | Associate Members, Corona Virus, Industry, News, Resources, Statistics
Thanks to Action Watch for supporting BRA as a Supporting Vendor Partner and for providing the following intel directly to our organization. Thanks again to Action Watch for supporting BRA as Supporting Vendor Partner and for providing this intel directly to our organization. As a reminder, BRA Distinguished Retail Members benefit from our relationship with Action Watch by receiving quarterly reports upon request. The data in the reports are from the ActionWatch Retail Panel, which is made up of over 250 U.S. surf and skate retail stores. These are made available to you as a benefit to BRA Distinguished Retail members so that you can compare your store against other similar stores (shop names and other confidential info is not shown). If you are a BRA Regular Retailer and would like to receive links to quarterly Action Watch Data reports as well as a number of additional special offerings and discounts by upgrading your Membership to Distinguished, simply email doug@boardretailers.org and he will email you an invoice for the $99.00 Annual Membership Fee. If you are not yet a BRA Retail Member, you can opt in to either Regular (no cost) or Distinguished ($99/yr.) Membership via the link to the super simple join...
by Board Retailers Association | Mar 16, 2020 | Corona Virus, Industry, News, Retail Strategy, Skateboard, Snowboard, Statistics, SUP, Surf, Wakeboard
Please click on the following link to view this informative Shop Eat Surf Article: Updated: Store Closures Mount, Independents Get Creative Be sure to visit the Shop Eat Surf website to view valuable Industry News and Resourceful Articles regularly via this link: Shop Eat...
by Board Retailers Association | Feb 27, 2020 | News, Resources, Skateboard, Statistics
Julian Jeang-Agliardi jumps a ramp at Vans Off the Wall Skate Park on May 9 in Huntington Beach (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)By LA Times CITY NEWS SERVICE February 26, 2020 USC researchers have found multiple benefits in skateboarding, ranging from mental health to education and careers, the university announced Wednesday. A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture found the sport improves mental health, fosters community and encourages diversity and resilience, according to USC. The study, conducted by the Pullias Center for Higher Education at USC’s Rossier School of Education and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, also indicated that gender and race matter in the skateboarding community. “Skateboarding is embedded in youth culture today,” said skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, whose Tony Hawk Foundation funded the study. “Until now, little attention has been directed toward truly understanding who skateboarders are, what they think or why skateboarding becomes such an integral part of their identity. We at the Tony Hawk Foundation are proud to have sponsored this work in order to highlight these young people.” Researchers created a survey that targeted 13- to 25-year-olds and received more than 5,000 responses, including a significant number from skaters who identified as female and/or as a person of color. Interviews also were conducted with 120 skaters and skate community stakeholders in seven cities across the U.S. The findings fly in the face of commonly held misconceptions around skateboarding culture, according to the Pullias Center’s Zoe Corwin, the study’s principal investigator. “Skateboarders are prone to being labeled by society as rebels, social deviants or rule-breakers,” Corwin said. “Stereotyping masks an array of valuable skills obtained through skateboarding....
